NY Gov Spitzer linked to prostitution

[sr71plt]

But of course.

Did you think I was arguing otherwise?

Hmmm, apparently so. Sorry. Can we review the bidding. I think I said three spades. (Opps, can't say that. Politically incorrect. Three clubs? Uh, oh, that doesn't go over too well here, either. Three hearts? Yeah, that's probably best)

 

[shereads]

It's why I stopped booking the company team building exercises there.

Please tell me you don't use "team" as a verb.

A few years ago, Burger King (corporate) was sued by an employee who was injured during a teaming exercise that involved walking barefoot over hot coals.

She should also have sued over their use of the word "teaming."

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[sr71plt]

Please tell me you don't use "team" as a verb.

A few years ago, Burger King (corporate) was sued by an employee who was injured during a teaming exercise that involved walking barefoot over hot coals.

She should also have sued over their use of the word "teaming."

[/threadjack]

??? It's an adjective everywhere it's used in your and jomar's posts.

 

[shereads]

??? It's an adjective everywhere it's used in your and jomar's posts.

Jomar didn't say "teaming." He said "team building." I was objecting to, and hoping jomar had not participated in, an annoying trend in corporate-speak: the use of "teaming" as a substitute for "team building."

Example:

"This teaming exercise will help us team more effectively. Ben, you rake the coals; the rest of you take off your shoes..."

[/threadjack]

 

[rgraham666]

Jomar didn't say "teaming." He said "team building." I was objecting to, and hoping jomar had not participated in, an annoying trend in corporate-speak: the use of "teaming" as a substitute for "team building."

Example:

"This teaming exercise will help us team more effectively. Ben, you rake the coals; the rest of you take off your shoes..."

[/threadjack]

And me, being the contrary bastard I am, will say "Sir? Are you out of your fucking mind?"

People in charge don't like being called on their idiocy.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Please tell me you don't use "team" as a verb.

A few years ago, Burger King (corporate) was sued by an employee who was injured during a teaming exercise that involved walking barefoot over hot coals.

She should also have sued over their use of the word "teaming."

[/threadjack]

"Team up" is a perfectly good verb form. "The two groups decided to pool their resources and team up for greater efficiency." Since "up" is really redundant, the evolution of "team" as a verb would seem inevitable.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Interesting that Allen Derschewitz on Charlie Rose last night said he really thought Spitzer shouldn't resign and just ride it out. If an impeachment happened he could easily fight it.

The problem is that what the flap is about is Spitzer screwing a hooker and potentially a violation of the Man Act, though that would be hard to prove. Typically a John is arrested along with the hooker. The hooker gets a 30 day sentence and the John gets a $50 misdomeanor citation.

I suspect there is a lot more we haven't heard if Spitzer is quitting so soon. Money Laundering? What?

 

[Huckleman2000]

Clinton is the example of a double standard. He lied under oath, period, end of argument. The apologists tried to make the discussion something else and the Senate fell for it. If any of us lied under oath we would be in jail.

Unless we used to be the VPs Chief of Staff.

 

[shereads]

And me, being the contrary bastard I am, will say "Sir? Are you out of your fucking mind?"

People in charge don't like being called on their idiocy.

You and me both, honey. We are not team players. And thank god, because there are way too many of those.

 

[sr71plt]

Jomar didn't say "teaming." He said "team building." I was objecting to, and hoping jomar had not participated in, an annoying trend in corporate-speak: the use of "teaming" as a substitute for "team building."

Example:

"This teaming exercise will help us team more effectively. Ben, you rake the coals; the rest of you take off your shoes..."

[/threadjack]

Edited after I actually read the entire example sentence:

Ah, yes this involves a verb use--what was cited before that didn't.

"Teaming in "team building" is either an element in a combined noun or an adjective modifying "building," whichever way you want to look at it.

"Teaming" in "teaming exercise" is a straight adjective.

If you substitute "teaming" for "team building," you've still got a noun.


/Sorry for the threadjack--but this is the AH/

 

[Boxlicker101]

??? It's an adjective everywhere it's used in your and jomar's posts.

Sher used it as an adjective, modifying the word "exercise" but Jomar used it as a noun that was the object of the verb "building".

 

[shereads]

S
No use of "team" as a verb anywhere in evidence.

"help us team more effectively"

What's that if it's not a verb? A rock lobster?

 

[sr71plt]

"help us team more effectively"

What's that if it's not a verb? A rock lobster?

I was wrong (only read the first reference to "team" in the example, not the second one) and have rewritten my posting. It's just that the references before this weren't to verb usage--and claimed to be. So, yes, they were lobsters until they got clarified as clams with the introduction of new, not heretofore mentioned, seaweed.

 

[shereads]

I was wrong (only read the first reference to "team" in the example, not the second one) and have rewritten my posting. It's just that the references before this weren't to verb usage--and claimed to be. So, yes, they were lobsters until they got clarified as clams with the introduction of new, not heretofore mentioned, seaweed.

Are we under oath? If we're not, let's kill some people.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Interesting that Allen Derschewitz on Charlie Rose last night said he really thought Spitzer shouldn't resign and just ride it out. If an impeachment happened he could easily fight it.

The problem is that what the flap is about is Spitzer screwing a hooker and potentially a violation of the Man Act, though that would be hard to prove. Typically a John is arrested along with the hooker. The hooker gets a 30 day sentence and the John gets a $50 misdomeanor citation.

I suspect there is a lot more we haven't heard if Spitzer is quitting so soon. Money Laundering? What?

The Mann Act makes it a felony to participate in the transportation of a female across a state line or in a federal area (such as DC) for immoral purposes. Since Spitzer paid to move the girl from New York to DC, that covers it. Originally, it was intended to combat White Slavery, and this is, apparently, not such a case. Even so, courts may not make the distinction.

 

[sr71plt]

The Mann Act makes it a felony to participate in the transportation of a female across a state line or in a federal area (such as DC) for immoral purposes. Since Spitzer paid to move the girl from New York to DC, that covers it. Originally, it was intended to combat White Slavery, and this is, apparently, not such a case. Even so, courts may not make the distinction.

At least he booked her into a very nice hotel in Washington. I just saw a flash of its facade on the screen last night, but it looks like it was the Sheraton Park.

 

[Huckleman2000]

She was an analyst not an operative. Analysts are not undercover. She also used her position to influence the situation in a very wrong manor. Getting her husband sent on a mission he wasn't qualified for was grounds for termination. Her husband was not an ambassador at the time, just a State Dept. employee. I got my story from an Army Intelligence Officer.

Now this has got to be the most willfully ignorant post I've seen in a long time. Seriously delusional, and yet still able to form sentences without the use of ellipses, all-caps, oversize fonts, or random paeans to Ayn Rand. You're mining new lows!

 

[Boxlicker101]

At least he booked her into a very nice hotel in Washington. I just saw a flash of its facade on the screen last night, but it looks like it was the Sheraton Park.

I think it was the Mayflower. I doubt if he did the actual booking, but he probably paid for it.

 

[sr71plt]

I think it was the Mayflower. I doubt if he did the actual booking, but he probably paid for it.

More likely New York paid for it. A hotel room is a lot easier to expense to public monies than a high-cost hooker.

 

[Huckleman2000]

You and me both, honey. We are not team players. And thank god, because there are way too many of those.

Yup. I'm trying to think of a career that doesn't involve "teams", "team-building exercises", or "let's take that [discussion that points out the really stupid management moves] offline".

No post-surname letters have done more harm to American business and politics than MBA. They're like a free pass for idiots to get into management, whereas companies used to have to at least make employees fuck up little things before turning them loose on anything important.

 

[sr71plt]

I think it was the Mayflower. I doubt if he did the actual booking, but he probably paid for it.

Yep, I think you're right. Photos match. Don't know why I thought of the Sheraton Park--I think that one changed hands/names some time ago.

 

[SlickTony]

He spent $80,000 on hookers. $80,000 extracted from the family exchequer, if it was his money and not public money. The mind boggles.

 

[rgraham666]

Hell, if I had eighty grand I'd probably spend some of it on high class hookers.

 

[R. Richard]

If he could be busted for that, you'd have to bust every D.A. in the entire country for the same crime.

Capital idea!

 

[3113]

The Mann Act makes it a felony to participate in the transportation of a female across a state line or in a federal area (such as DC) for immoral purposes. Since Spitzer paid to move the girl from New York to DC, that covers it. Originally, it was intended to combat White Slavery, and this is, apparently, not such a case. Even so, courts may not make the distinction.

Hmmm. But couldn't he argue that he didn't move her for immoral purposes and it was her own decision to be immoral?

Not that I'd believe him, just sayin'....I mean, in the case of White Slavery, the woman doesn't want to be moved or engage in immoral purposes--and as I recall that law was created before women were even allowed to vote and, in most legal situations, not considered citizens equal to men. But if we accept that this was an adult woman, a citizen of the U.S. able to make up her own mind about where she was going and what she was going to do once she got there, than what does Spitzer's intent have to do with it? They'd have to prove that he took her there against her will to make her do things against her will, wouldn't they?